Preparing For First Fix Plumbing

It has been a crazy long day. First of all, we went to bed at 1am the night before and were up a 7am this morning to finalize all measurements for first fix plumbing. We have drawn up plans and measured out everything with a measuring tape to ensure waste and water inlet locations are placed correctly.

Imagine our panic and shock when we realised our plans have been drawn up incorrectly by Abela Design & Drafting. The measurements for the family bathroom were out by over 10cm. For most people, it's not the end of the world, but for us it's critical as we have such a narrow bathroom. This meant that we could no longer have the toilet hidden behind the wall as we do not have enough room. A frantic last minute reshufle meant we had to reposition the toilet, vanity and bath.

We spent a long 4 hours with the builder on site today, marking out all the waste and inlet location. I'm still not 100% confident so I'm going to type up and draw out all the measurements on the plans for the plumbers. We have purchased Villeroy & Boch toilets and sinks and Hansgrohe tapware. The location of the waste outlets and water inlets for the VB toilets are critical as they are back to the wall close-coupled toilets. if the plumbers make a mistake with the placement of the pipes, we are in big trouble!!! This is extremely nerve-wrecking.

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